Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25

fuloo on0 regulations S0e the g0voSu0onS
The schools, and In conformity win thls reeo'
lutioa curriculum Of studies end 0osies Of
rules and regulations we're sdopsed many, Of
which remain In iorcs q the pfsseat time
A. the attsndanoe q the public schools ester
they wers opened wss much larger than The
board anticipated there was . constant prss.
sure for more room. The sossioa end Sun.
day school rooms Of several q the churches
were rented and nttsd up for school roomA
Mr.. Btsiumsu was one OF The most eCeive
members OF the committee On supplies In
providing additional fAoilitieA He Wae the
nsst 10 insist 0n the use Of globes and mspe
In the schools, and also ventilat0ra
In Jsnusry 1890 the boasd appointed com.
mittoe Of ways and means and Mr. Btsinman
was msmbsf os H. and took the most active
part In providing money n carry on the
schoolA the expenditures having increased
from q. OOO In 1884 10 900 In $780,
Atths Seorganix stion Of the board May 10,
1889, M. Bteinmsn Was chOesn president pro
tom and on the same day on his motion .
committee 70 selecs sits for new school
house 10 the eastern pert Of the city We sp.
pointed, and no WAS chosen chairman. On
the same day he voted to levy On additional
tax OF el 200 for the support Of the schools
for the ensuing year and for the printing Of
200 copies Of the rules and regulations for
the government os the schoola
THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT.
u Wes on motion Of Judge Hayes and Mr..
Steinman, July 6, 1859. that M. bay Was sp.
pointed ths Arst superintendent Of the com.
mon schools Of tho city. A few months
Afterwards he seconded Rev. Bowmsn's mo.
ti0n for o COMMITTEES tO meet Q similar oom.
mittes from the trustees Of franklin college
to make arrangements for the tuition Of the
high school boys in said college and he was
one OF the most active members In the per.
tscting arrangements for that purpose.
He wss the nrst 70 formulate the rule that
no n residents should not send their children
TO the public schools, but that ail apprentices
and servants employed in. families 10 the
city were 10 10 admitted when they we're Of
school age.
In May ls4O hs offered reao luton. which
was adopted, calling upon the citizens 10 tax
themselves ei, 200 additional for school pur.
poaeA
A. chairman of the committee on site for
now school houses, he bought for the board
the lot corner Of south Duke and German
streets, and on the 18th Of January ls4l, he
was appointed chairman Of the hrst building
committee OF the board, and was the leading
member In having the school houses erected
on the Duke street lot, three OF them being
finished and occupied by the nrst OF the
following September. Two years later he
was chairman Of the building committee
that erected two more school houses on tho
Duke street lot Meantime he was busy In
p providing other school rooms to sccommo-
date the rapidly sugmentipg number Of
school children.
1t was on Mr.. stsinman's motion that .
rule was adopted by the board requir.
nPncinal nf AnCh nrhnOl
70 keep roll OF their pupils
and the names and reaidencea OF their parents
or guardians and report monthly 10 the
board. 1t was also on his motion that the
b0 sYd sdOpttd d common seal. The said seal
having the following inscription around Ito
margin, 70 Wit: "Seal Of the directors OF
the conn schools OF the e L." and In the
middle OF said seal the front representation Of
tho centre school house and part OF the two
adjoining ones on the school lot corner OF
Duke aud German streetA
Mr.. Steinmsn resigned his member.
ahip OF tho school board on the 18th
of May, 1874 During hts six years' ser.
vice he held position on all the most
Important committees including super.
intending, finance, supplies, and building,
and he originated more measures for the sd.
vaucement OF the schools than any ono mem.
ber OF the board during the same term OF ser
vice.
IMPORTANT SERVICES.
1t has not fallen 20 the lot OF many school
directors any whore to be able to show 10 dis
tinRuished record a that Of Mr. Steinman.
He wss q warm advocate Of common schools
before they were established. He took .
leading part In having Lancaster school dis
tricts accept tho common school system.
When accepted he was chosen one Of the first
directors. A. . director he was chosen TO
open the free schools In the Old Lsncasterian
school buildiug-the only school building
then owned by the district He was the first
director TO suggest modification OF the Lam
cssterisn system, and wrote an important re.
port In favor OF better methods He was the
first To propose the establishment OF high
school and worked for IL until It was q.
tsblished. Ho was . member OF almost every
standing COMMITTEES Of the board, and was
the chairman OF the first experimenting,
finance and building committees, and 1t was
under his immediate direction that the lot
was bought and the Il ve school houses erected
on South Duke street His first vote given
a q director Was for an increased tax Tor
school purposes, and from year To year hs
voted for increased taxes to support the
schools. 1t was on bis motion that the hrst
rules and regulations for the government OF
the schools vere formulated. With no core
mony and short notice ho moved the dis.
misssl Of inefficient teachers and the election
OF good onss, and insisted that none should
be elected until they hsd been examined BY
the examining COMMITTEES He Aeconded
Judge Hayes motion to elect city superin.
tsndent and seconded BisboP BoM man's
motion 10 arrange for the tuition OF the nigh
school boys In franklin college. He man.
aged the finances of the board with efficiency
and loaned the board money when they
needed Il When he resigned May Il, 1874,
his son, George NJ. Steinmsn, Was chosen -
his successor ON the finance committse.
us Was Disspp0intsd
From Tid Bits.
Hotel Clsrk-Well, how do you like New
York
Western 9uest-Too slow.
Hotel Clerk-Too slow Merciiul heavens,
what did you expect TO see here?
Western 0ueot-A lynching every ten
| minutes was informed that this was q
humping town. ! tell you stranger, I'm dis
/ appOIut0d. You lust want to come West u